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Jay Sandifer artist and designer

I am a 1995 graduate of The Savannah College of Art & Design . I entered college with a desire to be an architect. Hardline drafting classes were a high school favorite. Designing floor plans and drawing structural elevations provided a nice break in the somewhat mundane necessity of the school day.

After two years of architectural pursuits, I realized that the structural aspect of architecture (namely 'math') had become a deadening hinderence. Switching majors seemed the only solution. An interest in the organic lead me to pursue and complete a Fine Arts Degree in Fiber Arts.

At this time, in 1992, I began to paint. The required two years of basic fundamental drawing classes sparked a new direction of illustration in my artistic development. Influenced by the counter culture of the 1960-70's, I continued to search for a deeper meaning of existence. Not willing to settle with someone elses decisions, suggestions and advice, I was led me down a dark, narrowing road of confusion, isolation, and despair.

I felt like I knew the answers, but had rejected them. I finally discovered the only solution worth embracing was the one I had tried to run from. I came to a place where I admitted to myself that I needed help. A voice I had come to know said, "follow me"....even without hearing those words. I knew what I was supposed to do. My attention began to shift. I began to reach towards Christ. My poetry began to change. My drawing began to change. My music began to change. My friends began to change. Everything began to change. I began to climb.

Today I am still yearning for that deeper meaning of existence...but now it is directed towards the lives of others. Thru creative expression, I desire to reflect the awesome power of an unseen good by capturing his heart and all that he has created.

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And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. - 2 Corinthians 3:18